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Vaccine Preventable Disease Reference Center

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Vaccine Preventable Disease Reference Center

The Wadsworth Center Virology Laboratory is one of four public health laboratories in the United States contracted through a competitive process to perform diagnostic testing for viral VPDs using standardized methods developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Virology Laboratory works closely with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the CDC to provide quality testing to other public health laboratories and public health departments free of charge.

The Virology Laboratory currently provides measles, mumps, rubella and varicella-zoster virus rRT-PCR for detection and conventional RT-PCR for genotyping.

Sites outside of New York interested in enrolling as a submitting laboratory are encouraged to contact Kelly.wroblewski@aphl.org at APHL.

Test Menu

Virus

Real-Time PCR

Molecular Genotyping*

Preferred Sample Type(s)

All Validated Sample Type(s)**

Notes

Measles virus

X

X

NPS or combined NPS/OPS, or urine

URS and urine

Please notify your local health dept. prior to submission

Mumps virus

X

X

Buccal swab

Buccal swab

Please notify your local health dept. prior to submission

Rubella virus

X

X

NPS or combined NPS/OPS, or urine

URS and urine

Please notify your local health dept. prior to submission

Varicella zoster virus

X

X

Lesion swab

Lesion swab, brain tissue, CSF and genital swabs

DO NOT FREEZE; Please notify your local health dept. prior to submission